The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six CenturiesMain MenuOrientation to ProjectPath One: 1122-1235Path Two: 1236-1310 ADPath Three : 1311-1460 ADPath Four : 1461-1520 ADPath Five: 1521-1699 ADPath Six: 1700-1800 ADChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f Global Middle Ages
Chaldaica Grammatica
1media/Screen Shot 2021-06-30 at 2.48.22 PM.png2021-06-30T13:33:29-07:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f52814image_header2023-12-06T19:26:25-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fWritten by Pierre Guarin in 1726, the Chaldaica Grammatica situates "Prester Cohan" in southern India, which is to say in Africa. This geographical conflation allows Guarin to describe the inhabitants of Prester Cohan's land as both "Indians" and "Abyssinians." He also claims that the title "Prester Cohan" comes from the Hebrew and Syriac words for "priest."
The text is mentioned in Brewer's table of Prester John texts (p. 296).
This page has tags:
12019-05-22T14:11:31-07:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fMap 6.2: Textual ImaginingsChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com15plain2024-01-11T21:18:18-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f
1media/Abyssinia, or Ethiopia.jpg2016-02-11T10:20:00-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fEthiopian Prester JohnChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com6image_header2023-11-22T14:22:25-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f
12023-12-04T10:05:30-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fLinguistic Theories regarding Prester JohnChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com1plain2023-12-04T10:05:31-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f
